Note: This post appeared as an email to Rashida’s email list on December 29, 2021. — I’m Marc Lamont Hill, an author, TV host, and educator fighting white supremacy and oppression in the U.S. and …

bell hooks, a visionary Black feminist, passed away last week. Her writings on race, gender, and love changed many people’s lives. She wrote about loving ourselves and our communities as a “practice of freedom,” saying: …

JANUARY UPDATE: President Biden announced that he will extend the pause on student loan payments until May 1st. This provides a brief respite, but he still can and must cancel student debt for millions of …

We urgently need federal action to counter state-level attacks on our right to vote.  So far this year, Republicans in states across the country have enacted at least 33 laws restricting access to voting—including mail-in …